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Me too!!!!

Thanks, Guys. I thought it would need to be re-done but I wanted someone else's opinion.

Hi Folks,

I had a new asphalt roof put on my house two years ago. Almost immediately, I noticed that it was leaking around the chimney (it had leaked there before the new roof was put on) so I...

No, I just picked that screen name because there's a florist in my hometown named "Jim Ludwig's Blumengarten" and I thought that was a real cool name!

A decade ago, my mother had her place "professionally" landscaped, they put black plastic all over the place to keep down weeds, then put mulch on top. It looked good, for a couple months, but every...

Thanks, Killavolt, that's exactly what I wanted to know!

Joy

Hi Ian,

I've sanded, stained, and refinished the floors in both my house and my mom's, so I'm not afraid of the work. If I felt like doing the work, I'd just sand the entire floor and stain it...

Hi Folks,

When my cat got old, it got diabetes and peed all over the wooden floors, sometimes in places where I couldn't find until it had already soaked through the finish (like behind the piano,...

Great advice! I wouldn't have known that. That will be no problem.

Fireman movers, that's a good suggestion! My next-door-neighbor is a fireman and he probably knows several strong men who'd be willing to help. Thanks for the great suggestion!

Yeah, that's kinda what I thought! I thought this was a really cool kitchen until I started looking at refrigerators! Lowe's already said they wouldn't deliver it. You're probably right, a lot of...

Hi All,

We had to have our drain lines from the tub and sink replaced because they leaked where they joined into the toilet, and the tub drum trap was also leaking.

To replace the sink drain,...

Hi folks,

My 25-year-old refrigerator died. The previous owners of this house remodeled the kitchen about 10 years ago, replacing a wall with an open counter, leaving only 28" entry between the...

Hi folks,

My brick house was built in 1928. I had to remove a wall due to a plumbing leak, and I was surprised how much open space there is in the house! (No wonder there is a problem with...

Thanks, Chris and GSS! I will ask at the hardware store and see what's least expensive. I only have about 12 feet that need to be covered, but it will be worth the expense, especially since the...

Do you know what that board is called?

Hi Folks,

I had to have the cast-iron drain lines in my bathroom replaced, and the plumber used the black plastic pipes. It's much noisier than the cast-iron! I'm going to replace the drywall,...

Thank-you very much, I actually found it quite interesting!

Joy

I bought and installed a new blade yesterday and I didn't have that problem again, so either it was dull or backwards -- I couldn't tell if it was backwards because the writing was all worn off, so...

Thanks all! I'll buy a new blade tomorrow and see if that doesn't do the trick.

Joy

If you can divert the water into rain barrels and use it to water the lawn, that might be a better thing to do. In my area, the EPA is prohibiting people from allowing the gutters to discharge into...

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I'm just learning how to do all this handyman stuff, so forgive me for asking stupid questions. Yesterday, I bought a Black & Decker circular saw off Craig's List for $10. The seller...

That's a good policy! Your customers surely appreciate it! (I'd feel silly calling a plumber to unjam a disposer, I'm so glad I found this website!)

No, I've been using new bulbs each time!



$2 I can afford!



I was thinking of doing that eventually since I plan on renting this house out come summer -- it's my deceased mother's house...

It's a single bulb in a hanging light fixture with one socket. It's plugged into a wall outlet. The fixture was re-wired about three years ago, but the bulb's just started blowing out these past...